Bringing up the rear in terms of the onslaught of Spiegel appreciations this year (approaching full-spectrum MSM domination this last month or so: WSJ, New Yorker, NYT!). But in compensation it's the longest of the lot. And Pitchfork have done an awesome job illustrating it.
(Congratulations, BTW, to Laurie for winning The Wire's Best Reissue of the Year with The Expanding Universe).
Apart from talking to Laurie at length, the big thrill for me was working in a reference to one of my favorite Sixties movies...